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CASH CARRIER.

No. 457,610. Patented Aug. 11 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

CHARLES C. ROGERS, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES E. MCELROY AND CHARLES C. MERRITT, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,610, dated August 11, 1891. Application filed January 15, 1891. Serial No. 377,843. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- and pressed outwardly at their outer ends by Be it known that I, CHARLES C. ROGERS, a spring f through slots in the head and of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and through longitudinal slots at a in the body a.

State of Massachusetts, have invented certain g 9 represent slides adapted to move on new and useful Improvements in Cash Cars the exterior of the body a and formed to enor Carriers, of which the following is aspecigage the dogs f.

fication. h represents abifurcated lever, which is piv- This invention has for its object to provide oted at h to the body a at the middle of the a simple and eifective carrier adapted to run length of the latter, and has at one end a han- IO on a wire track or way and an impelling dle b adapted to be graspedby the operator means therefor supported by the carrier and and manipulated, as presently explained. adapted to be set at each end of the course of 2' t' represent links which connect the ends the carrier to impel the carrier in the reverse of the arms or divisions of the lever with the direction. slides g g.

15 The invention consists in the several im- W'hen the spring d is expanded to its fullest 6 5 provements which I will now proceed to deextent, it holds the heads e 6 against shoulscribe and claim. ders a a near the ends of the body a.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a When the spring is in this condition, the part of this specification, Figurel represents dogs f f of one of the heads are engaged 20 a side elevation of my improved carrier, its with one of the slides g and hold said slide impelling-spring being compressed or adand the links 1' 't' and lever 71. either in the justed to impel thecarrier in the opposite diposition shown in Fig. 1 or in the reverse rection. Fig.1 represents asimilar view showposition shown Fig. 1. Assuming the lever h ing the spring extended. Fig. 2 represents a and links 2 'i to be held in the position shown 25 top view of Fig.1. Fig. 3representsasection in Fig. 1, the operator desiring to set the on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. drepresents asection spring, so as to cause it to impel the carrier, on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a side moves the lever h over to the position shown elevation and partial section of a part of the in Fig. 1, thus causing the slide g to move the carrier. Fig. 6 represents atop view of Fig. 5. head e, engaged therewith, toward the center 0 Fig. 7 represents a section on line 7 7, Fig. 1. of the spring-holder a, thus compressing the Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8 8, Fig. 1. spring. When the slide g, moved as above The same letters of reference indicate the described, reaches the position shown in Fig. same parts in all the figures. 1, the other slide 9' comes into engagement In carrying out my invention I construct a with the dogs of the head 6, as clearly shown 3 5 carrier adapted torun ona wire track or way in Fig. 4, the slide g being thus locked to the w, and composed of two general parts, viz: head e',so that the slide 9 is heldby the links the spring holder or body at, having the wheel 2' i in the position to which it was moved by b b, and the cash-receptacle c, which is sethe change of position of the lever h. The cured to the body a in any suitable manner spring is thus confined in a compressed con- 40 and is preferably detachable therefrom. dition until it is desired to impel the carrier.

cl represents a helical spring, which is This is accomplished by the reaction of the loosely placed in the holder at and bears at its spring on a fixed rodor projection is, which opposite ends against two heads 6 e, which is arranged to enter the vacant end of the are adapted to slide within the holder, the spring-holder, as shown in Fig. 1, when the 5 latter being tubular, so that its interior concarrier is moved toward it, the spring being 5 stitutes a guide in which the spring and heads released and allowed to react by the movemay move lengthwise of the carrier, as herement of bifurcated lever Z in the direction ininafter described. Each head is provided dicated by the arrow 3 in Fig. 1. Said lever with a pair of dogs or catches f f, pivoted at is pivoted at m to the body a and has its arms 50 their inner ends to the head at f f, Fig. 4, arranged at opposite sides of said body in poroo sition to press inwardly on the outer sides of the dogs ff, that engages the head ewith the slide g when said lever is movedin the direction indicated. The inward pressure of said dogs causes the release of the head e from the slide 9, so that the released spring forces said head outwardly to the outer end of the body a, and-at the same time causes it to forcibly strike the projection k, and thus impel the carrier in the direction indicated by the arrow 3 in Fig. 1. WVhen the carrier reaches the other end of its movement, the spring, which is now extended, is compressed by a movement of the lever h back from the position shown in Fig. 1, thus causing the slide g and head e to move toward the center of the body a and the slide 9 to move toward one end of said body, when it is locked to the head e. Thespring is thus set to impel the carrier in the opposite direction, and is released by moving another bifurcated lever Z, which is a duplicate of the lever Z, in the direction required to press in the dogs of the head e, and thus disengage said head from the slide 9, whereupon the spring expands, forcing the head 6' against a fixed projection at the opposite end of the track from the projection k and impelling the carrier in a directlon opposite that of its preceding movement. The levers U are operated by means of levers q q on the outer end of the lever it through suitable intermediate devices, including outwardly-projecting fingers 'r r, pivoted to the lower ends of the levers Z l, anda push-rod 8, adapted to slide in the lever h and arranged to engage the finger 1' when the lever h is in one position and the finger when the lever h is in the other position. Said push-rod is pressed by a spring 15 backwardly against the inner ends of the levers q q, and is forced forward against the finger adjacent to it by a backward movement of either lever q.

Itwill be seen from the foregoing that after each movement of the carrier the operator sets the spring for the impulse that causes the return movem cut by manipulating the lever h, and then releases the spring to cause it to give said impulse by pulling one of the levers q. One spring is therefore enabled to impel the car first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

The wheels I) b are mounted on hangers or brackets 20 u, which are connected by vertical pivots Q) 12 with the body a, so that each wheel can turn independently to conform to curvatures in the track and reduce the increased friction caused by such curvatures to the minimum.

My invention is not limited to the various details of construction here shown, and the same may be variously modified Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim 1. A cash-carrier having a double-acting 'sprin g, means for compressing the spring from either end of the carrier, means for locking the spring in its compressed condition, and unlocking devices whereby the spring may be released and caused to impel the car, all combined substantially as set forth.

2. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a spring-holder, heads movable in said holder, an impelling-spring interposed between said heads, slides movable on said holder, means for locking said slides to the heads, an operating-lever and connections between it and the slide whereby either of the slides and the head engaged therewith may be moved endwise on the holder to compress the spring, and devices for unlocking the spring-compressing head from its operating-slide and thereby releasing the spring, as set forth.

3. The combination of the spring-holder having internal shoulders or stops 6L2 0. the heads movable in the holder and provided with spring-pressed dogs normally projecting outwardly through slots in the holder, the spring interposed between said heads, the slides movable on the holder and adapted to engage the dogs in the heads, the pivoted 0perating-lever con nected by links to said slides,

and the unlocking or dog-displacing levers and means for operating the same, whereby either head that is adjusted to compress the.

spring may be released from the corresponding slide, as set forth.

4. The combination of the spring-holder, the sliding heads thereon having lockingdogs, the spring between said heads, the slides adapted to move on the holder and' engage said dogs, the pivoted operating-lever connected with said slides, the pivoted unlocking-levers having outwardly-projecting pins at their lower ends, the push-rod on the operating-lever arranged to actuate said pins and unlocking-levers, and means for operating said rod, as set forth.

5. The operating-lever having the springimpelled push-rod, and the pivoted levers q q, arranged to engage said rod and move the same endwise, combined with the springholder, the sliding heads therein having locking-dogs, the spring between said heads, the slides adapted to move on the holder andengage said dogs, and the pivoted unlocking-levers having outwardly-projecting pins at their lower ends arranged to be engaged and moved by said push-rod, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of January, A. D. 1891.

CHARLES 0. ROGERS. Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

